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The Battle for the Verde

The Verde River is one of Arizona’s last free-flowing stream, but environmental and local activists fear an ambitious planned pipeline, designed to bring groundwater to the growing Prescott area, will end up sucking the river dry

by Tony Davis, May 14, 2007
Unpaved with good intentions

A new breed of land trusts seeks not merely to preserve undeveloped landscape, but to keep it in agricultural use – particularly in organic farming.

by Seth Zuckerman, Sep 18, 2006
Ballot box hangover

Even as Oregon tries to deal with the chaos of Measure 37, which overturned the state’s old land-use regulations, "The Big Look," an attempt to revive and re-create planning laws, is quietly under way.

by Randy Stapilus, Sep 18, 2006
Sin City keeps its fringes wild

Las Vegans rally to fight a prominent developer’s plans for building on Blue Diamond Hill, a former gypsum mine that now serves as a buffer between the city and Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

by Ryan Slattery, Sep 15, 2003
Colorado's growth amendment rouses voters

In Colorado, the Responsible Growth Initiative, Amendment 24, is facing fierce opposition from the real estate industry and from many town and county officials who fear the elections it would require would be too expensive.

by Michelle Nijhuis, Oct 23, 2000

JW Westman on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Wow, kind of ironic that SFW/BGF are trying to dra...
Donna Shane on Dust to dust I was born in Uravan in 1959. My dad worked in the...
Vito Quatraro on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back I would suggest everyone review the NRA press rele...
Ben Lamb on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Sorry Ryan, Maybe you and Peay would be more belie...
Ben Long on "Sportsmen" stab Theodore Roosevelt in the back Mr. Benson. You deploy an old debate tactic: if yo...

From gust to gale | So-called "grass-roots" opposition to wind may be ...
Frack fricasee | Election-year politics (partially) hijack Interior...
A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation | In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías ...
L.A. activists try to stop woodlands from becoming sediment dumps | When Camron Stone realized that an oak forest was ...
Make anglers allies for endangered species | The Endangered Species Act is more flexible than i...

Micah True, born to run | Remembering Micah True – known as “Caballo Bla...
Balancing fish and farms on a Washington estuary | A restoration effort at Fisher Slough in Washingto...
Retirees join environmentalists in fighting Arizona copper mine | The conservative, golf-playing retirees of Queen V...
Bark beetle kill leads to more severe fires, right? Well, maybe | The connection between bark beetle outbreaks and W...
A Mexican rancher struggles to shift from cattle to conservation | In Northwest Mexico, rancher Carlos Robles Elías ...

Results for keyword: Land use and planning